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Cheryl Iverson

References to unpublished material may include articles or abstracts that have been presented at a society meeting but not published and material accepted for publication but not published. If, ...
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References to unpublished material may include articles or abstracts that have been presented at a society meeting but not published and material accepted for publication but not published. If, during the course of the publication process, these materials are published or accepted for publication, and if the author is familiar with the later version, the most up-to-date bibliographic information should be included. These oral or poster presentations take the following form: 1. Durbin D, Kallan M, Elliott M, Arbogast K, Cornejo R, Winston F. Risk of injury to restrained children from passenger air bags. Paper presented at: 46th Annual Meeting Less

Annette Flanagin

The practice of publishing unsigned or anonymous editorials provides “vituperative editorialists” protection from the enemies they might make when taking unpopular stands in the pages of their ...
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The practice of publishing unsigned or anonymous editorials provides “vituperative editorialists” protection from the enemies they might make when taking unpopular stands in the pages of their journals. However, without named authors and affiliations, readers lack information to judge the objectivity and credibility of the articles. Although this practice is the norm for newspaper editorial pages, it has fallen out of use in most peer-reviewed journals. One rationale for anonymity has been that editorials, signed or not, represent the official opinion of the publication or the owner of the publication. However, such anonymity distances the real author(s) from accountability. For Less

Cheryl Iverson

For other major manuscripts, include a conventional unstructured abstract of no more than 150 words. Abstracts are not required for opinion pieces, letters, and special features such as news ...
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For other major manuscripts, include a conventional unstructured abstract of no more than 150 words. Abstracts are not required for opinion pieces, letters, and special features such as news articles. Consult the journal’s instructions for authors for special requirements in individual publications. | Less

Cheryl Iverson

A specific style variation is used for references to legal citations. Because the system of citation used is complex, with numerous variations for different types of sources and among various ...
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A specific style variation is used for references to legal citations. Because the system of citation used is complex, with numerous variations for different types of sources and among various jurisdictions, only a brief outline can be presented here. For more details, consult The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation. Legal references, as with other references (eg, journal, book), may also be cited as electronic references (see , Electronic References, Legal References). | A legal reference may be included in the reference list in full, with a numbered citation in the text, or it may be included in the text Less

Roxanne K. Young

Note: All medical professionals in the US Coast Guard (except physician assistants) are commissioned officers in the US Public Health Service (PHS). US Coast Guard chief warrant officers in medicine ...
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Note: All medical professionals in the US Coast Guard (except physician assistants) are commissioned officers in the US Public Health Service (PHS). US Coast Guard chief warrant officers in medicine are designated CWO(Med). This also applies to the US Coast Guard Reserve. Note: The US Marine Corps does not have its own medical organization. The medical care of the US Marine Corps is provided by the US Navy. | Less

Roxanne K. Young

Note: All of the preceding designations also apply to the Army National Guard (ARNG) and US Army Reserve (USAR). Note: All of the preceding designations also apply to the Air National Guard (ANG) and ...
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Note: All of the preceding designations also apply to the Army National Guard (ARNG) and US Army Reserve (USAR). Note: All of the preceding designations also apply to the Air National Guard (ANG) and US Air Force Reserve (USAFR). The US Air Force has no veterinary corps; veterinarians are in the Bio-Sciences Corps. Note: All of the preceding designations also apply to the US Naval Reserve (USNR). | Less

Roxanne K. Young

JAMA and the Archives Journals prefer that the author’s nonmilitary academic degree(s) be used in bylines, eg, Christopher Lee, MD, not Col Christopher Lee, USAF, MC. If used in the text, the ...
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JAMA and the Archives Journals prefer that the author’s nonmilitary academic degree(s) be used in bylines, eg, Christopher Lee, MD, not Col Christopher Lee, USAF, MC. If used in the text, the abbreviation of a military service follows a name; the abbreviation of a military title (also called grade or rank) precedes a name (eg, 1LT Cornelia McNamara, AN, USAR). Military titles and abbreviations should be verified with the author (see also , Manuscript Preparation, Bylines and End-of-Text Signatures; and , Manuscript Preparation, Bylines and End-of-Text Signatures, Degrees). | Note: All of the preceding designations also apply to the Army Less

Stephen J. Lurie and Margaret A. Winker

Digits should not be omitted when indicating a span of years or page numbers in the text. Hyphens may be used in text when a year span is used as the identifying characteristic of a study (eg, the ...
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Digits should not be omitted when indicating a span of years or page numbers in the text. Hyphens may be used in text when a year span is used as the identifying characteristic of a study (eg, the 1982-1984 NHANES survey), but only when the actual dates of the study have been defined previously in the text; if the dates are not defined in the text, the hyphen is ambiguous and may or may not mean that the dates indicated are inclusive. In certain circumstances, such as fiscal year or academic year, the actual span may be understood and no Less

Brenda Gregoline

Some words and phrases derived from other languages have become part of standard English usage. Those that have not should be italicized (see , Typography), and usually a definition should be given. ...
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Some words and phrases derived from other languages have become part of standard English usage. Those that have not should be italicized (see , Typography), and usually a definition should be given. Consult standard medical dictionaries and the most recent edition of Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary for guidance.A public health investigation revealed that the source of lead exposure was hai ge fen (clamshell powder), 1 of the 36 ingredients of the Chinese herbal medicine. In Vitro Susceptibility Testing of Antifungal Agents Medical information and advice abound on the Internet, but remember: Caveat lector. Lorenz Böhler, the son of a carpenter, eventually Less

Stephen J. Lurie and Margaret A. Winker

In scientific writing, numerals are used to express numbers in most circumstances. Exceptions are the following: ▪ Numbers that begin a sentence, title, subtitle, or heading ▪ Common fractions ▪ ...
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In scientific writing, numerals are used to express numbers in most circumstances. Exceptions are the following: ▪ Numbers that begin a sentence, title, subtitle, or heading ▪ Common fractions ▪ Accepted usage such as idiomatic expressions and numbers used as pronouns ▪ Other uses of “one” in running text ▪ Ordinals first through ninth ▪ Numbers spelled out in quotes or published titles. (See , Spelling Out Numbers.) Note the following examples of numerals in text: The relative risk of exposed individuals was nearly 3 times that of the controls. In the second phase of the study, 3 of the Less